Football News
2009
Football News
Xavier
Prep loses on road
A injury-plagued Xavier Prep High School football team fell behind 22-6 at
halftime and went on to lose 48-20 to Mountain Empire in its season opener
Friday night. Tight end Brandon Vandenburg, who missed the first half, finished with seven catches for
137 yards and two touchdowns. He also caught a 2-point conversion. Quarterback
Anthony Neyer completed 12-of-32 passes for
226 yards.
Sep 11, 2009 | ... Brandon Vandenburg edging Indio's
Johnny Flores to become this year's first Friday Night Hero.
DHS
rallies for emotional victory
Xavier (0-3) was
clicking with its running game and didn't need the strong arm of quarterback
Anthony Neyer (14 of 26 for 202 yards, four TDs) until the second half. [...]
Xavier was able to get its passing game going and Neyer hit a streaking Joey
Quinzio for an 8-yard score and Mai Le's kick gave Xavier the short-lived lead
again at 29-28
Xavier
earns first victory
In the second
quarter, Hamilton lined up to try a 26-yard field goal, but the kick was
blocked by Brandon Vandenburg and returned 78 yards for a touchdown by James
Saunders to give the Saints a 12-0 lead.
Behind three scoring passes from quarterback
Anthony Neyer and three touchdowns from running back Domonic De
La Riva, the Xavier Prep Saints beat Hamilton.
Xavier
Prep running back Domonic De La Riva is the Desert Sun's ultimate Friday Night
Hero, picking up 7,226 votes to beat out Coachella Valley running back Oliver
Inzunza, who finished with 6,615 votes.
Football
roundup: Xavier rolls to victory
The Xavier Prep High
School football team is quickly erasing memories of its 0-3 start, picking up
its second consecutive victory with a 41-12 road victory over Silver Valley on
Friday.
Saints
regroup to roll over Rock Academy
After giving up a
touchdown to the San Diego's Rock Academy Warriors on the opening drive of the
game Friday, the Saints scored 48 consecutive points on their way to a 55-12
victory.
September 19,
2008
Xavier beat a
much bigger team in Lucerne Valley’s Varsity 38-14. Domonic DeLa Riva was the
spark offensively for the Saints. He had 104yds rushing and 2 TD’s plus a 2pt
conversion, he also added an interception on defense. James Saunders added 86
yds rushing and 1 TD. Chris Pange added many tough yards running the ball on
offense and, Tim Sullivan scored his first TD of the season with a 10yd
reception. Back-up quarterback Joey Quinzio lead Xavier with 3 TD passes and
2-2pt conversion passes. On defense Chris Pange (16 tackles) lead the way as
usual with his outstanding effort and will to win on defense. Freshman Pablo De
Lara in his first start added 14 tackles. Evan Ross had big play after big play
on defense to slow down the huge offense of Lucerne Valley. Brandon Vandenburg
made a huge play for Xavier when he broke into the Mustang backfield and ripped
the ball away from their running back and carried it 30yds for a Saint Touch
Down. Xavier soccer sensation continues to show her value by adding 2 more PAT’s
4 for 4 on the year. She also took care of the kick-off duties for the Saints.
The Xavier Saints are 2 – 0 thus far with 9-10 freshmen players starting and
playing significant minutes. You should be proud of the hard fought victory
that your Xavier Saints pulled off on Friday night.
September 12,
2008
Xavier Prep got its
first ever victory yesterday! We beat Coachella Valley 14 7. James Saunders had
10 carries for 111yds and 1 Touch Down, and also had a punt return of 50yds for
a Touch Down. Dominic De La Riva had 8 rushes for 74 yds. The team had a total
of 231yds rushing. Chris Pange had 5 Tackles and 2 Sacks on Defense. James
Saunders also had 6 Tackles and 1 sack. Evan Ross had 5 assisted tackles and 1
solo tackle. Female Kicker Mai Le in her first ever football game kicked Xavier
Preps first ever extra points in extremely windy condition, 2 extra points. GO
SAINTS! 1 - 0 on the season. Next football game is AWAY against Lucerne Valley
HS (Varsity) on September 19 at 7:00pm.